Malawi’s immediate-past Chief Justice Andrew Nyirenda has been appointed a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Administrative Tribunal, an independent judicial forum responsible for resolution of employment disputes arising between the IMF and workers.
Nyirenda, whose appointment for a four-year term is with effect from this month, becomes one of five judges who preside over disputes between the Bretton Woods institution and its staff members.
The other four are Judge President Nassib Ziade of Chile, Debrah Thomas-Felix (Trinidad and Tobago), Edith Brown Weiss (United States) and Maria Vicien Milburn (Argentina).
“This is yet another occasion where an international body recognises our application in the defence of rule of law,” said Nyirenda who was in charge of Malawi’s judiciary system when the courts ordered a rerun of the disputed 2019 presidential elections over alleged irregularities.
The appointment comes weeks after Nyirenda retired as Malawi’s top judge at the end of December 2021 after reaching the retirement age of 65.
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